A number of years in the past, Common Footage teamed with producers David Leitch and Kelly McCormick of 87North Productions and director Tommy Wirkola to carry us the extremely entertaining, R-rated vacation thriller Violent Evening (learn our 8/10 evaluation at THIS LINK)… and now, Violent Evening 2 is gearing up, aiming for a December 4, 2026 theatrical launch. David Harbour will as soon as once more play Santa Claus within the sequel, and in current weeks the supporting solid has began to assemble round him. We’ve beforehand heard that Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Joe Pantoliano (Unhealthy Boys for Life), and Jared Harris (Home of Dynamite) are within the solid, and now Deadline has revealed that AEW wrestling celebrity Maxwell Friedman, aka MJF, and influencer Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor may even seem within the movie.
Deadline notes that MJF is named one the largest Heels (villains) within the entirety of wrestling, and just lately took appearing roles in The Iron Claw and Joyful Gilmore 2. Bachelor began off as one of the crucial influential names on the web (with a complete following of over 70 million followers and rising), and is now generally known as an in-demand actor, producer and content material creator. His appearing credit embody Espresso and Kareem and The Babysitter: Killer Queen. Particulars on the roles MJF and King Bach shall be taking part in in Violent Evening 2 haven’t been revealed.
Violent Evening director Tommy Wirkola and screenwriters Patrick Casey and Josh Miller are again for Violent Evening 2. Whereas Casey and Miller have stayed busy in recent times by writing every movie within the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy, they’ve taken the occasional break from scripting Sonic motion to jot down about Santa Claus taking over unhealthy guys. Violent Evening confirmed what occurs when a group of elite mercenaries breaks right into a rich household compound on Christmas Eve, taking everybody inside hostage. However the group isn’t ready for a shock combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to point out why this Nick isn’t any saint.
Miller instructed Collider, “The Violent Night movies are not as big budget as the Sonic movies, but we still want this one to feel bigger than the first one. And you don’t want Santa just trapped in a mansion again.” Casey added, “Santa’s gonna take his shirt off even more in this one. We know what the people want. We know people are hungry for more of his Viking backstory. David is especially excited about that stuff.“ Miller also told Syfy Wire, “The first one obviously lived in a Die Hard space. We can’t tease too much (about Violent Night 2), other than we’re trying to bring in a little Western influence.” Casey talked about that they’ve thought of giving the sequel the subtitle Bloodbath on thirty fourth Avenue.
Violent Evening 2 is being produced by 87North founders Kelly McCormick and David Leitch via their first-look cope with Common Footage. Common’s Govt Vice President of Manufacturing Improvement Matt Reilly and Director of Improvement Tony Ducret are overseeing the challenge for the Studio.
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